Open charm production using D*+ → D0 π+ decay in ALICE
Description
Heavy quarks(c, b), due to their large mass, are unique tools to study the degree of thermalization of the initially created matter in high energy nuclear collisions at LHC. Their masses stay heavy, even if chiral symmetry is restored in QGP. Furthermore, theoretical predictions of heavy-quark production have large uncertainties due to the poorly known parton distributions in the low Bjorken-x region relevant for LHC energies. We present the status of detailed Monte Carlo studies of the open charm resonance D*+ → D0 π+ (BR:68%) production in p+p collisions at 10 TeV center of mass energy with the ALICE detector. D0 mesons are reconstructed via the channel D0 → K- π+ (BR: 4%). Special emphasis is given to the reconstruction of the soft pion in the D*+ decay.
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
- Journal Issue
- Bonn 2010 issue
- Series
- Also available as printed version: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft v. 45(2)
- Journal Page Range
- [1 p.]
- ISSN
- 0420-0195
- CODEN
- VDPEAZ
Conference
- Title
- 74. Annual meeting with ordinary general meeting of the DPG and 2010 Spring meeting with the professional associations extraterrestrial physics, gravitation and theory of relativity, hadrons and nuclei, particle physics, theoretical and mathematical fundamentals of the physics, the working teams equal opportunities, energy, the working groups information, young DPG, philosophy of the physics, physics and disarmament, symposia industry and book exhibition
- Original Conference Title
- 74. Jahrestagung mit Ordentlicher Mitgliederversammlung der DPG und Fruehjahrstagung 2010 mit den Fachverbaenden Extraterrestrische Physik, Gravitation und Relativitaetstheorie, Hadronen und Kerne, Teilchenphysik, Theoretische und Mathematische Grundlagen der Physik, den Arbeitskreisen Chancengleichheit, Energie, den Arbeitsgruppen junge DPG, Information, Philosophie der Physik, Physik und Abruestung, Symposien Industrie- und Buchausstellung
- Dates
- 15-19 Mar 2010
- Place
- Bonn (Germany)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Germany
- INIS RN
- 41126610
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; D NEUTRAL MESONS; D*-2010 MESONS; HADRONIC PARTICLE DECAY; KAONS MINUS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PIONS PLUS; PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS; TEV RANGE 01-10; WEAK HADRONIC DECAY
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; CALCULATION METHODS; CHARM PARTICLES; CHARMED MESONS; D MESONS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; HADRONS; INTERACTIONS; KAONS; MESONS; NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PIONS; PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; SIMULATION; STRANGE MESONS; STRANGE PARTICLES; TEV RANGE; VECTOR MESONS; WEAK PARTICLE DECAY
Optional Information
- Notes
- Session: HK 62.1 Fr 14:00; No further information available
- Collaborations
- ALICE-TRD-Collaboration